Our previous post discussed the crucial role of the arbitration agreement in granting the beit din jurisdiction to hear a case. The present post discusses the hazmana process leading up to the arbitration agreement. When a claimant wishes to summon a party to beit din, he or she can open a case at the Beth … Continue reading Beit Din Procedure: The Hazmana Process→

One of the features of Jewishprudence is the posting of actual psakim (decisions) issued by the Beth Din of America. Because proceedings before the Beth Din of America are confidential, psakim are published only after the names of the parties and other identifying information have been changed, and only after we obtain consent from the … Continue reading Regarding Psak Anonymization→

Rabbi Schwartz, a leading authority in Jewish law, was the rabbi of the Young Israel of Boro Park for 18 years, and previously held pulpits in Rhode Island, New Jersey and Pennsylvania. He has served as Av Beth Din of the Beth Din of America since 1991. He is the author of two books and … Continue reading Rabbi Gedalia Dov SchwartzAv Beth Din→

Rabbi Willig is the Rabbi Dr. Sol Roth Professor of Talmud and Contemporary Halachah and the Segan Rosh Kollel of the Kollel L’Horaah Yadin Yadin at the Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary (RIETS), an affiliate of Yeshiva University. Since 1974, he has been the rabbi at the Young Israel of Riverdale in Riverdale, New York. … Continue reading Rabbi Mordechai WilligSegan Av Beth Din→

Rabbi Reiss is the Av Beth Din of the Chicago Rabbinical Council, a Rosh Yeshiva at RIETS, and Chaver Beth Din at the Beth Din of America. A Yadin Yadin musmach of RIETS and an attorney who was an associate for six years at the international law firm of Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton, Rabbi … Continue reading Rabbi Yona ReissChaver Beth Din→

Rabbi Weissmann received rabbinical ordination from RIETS in 2001 and advanced rabbinical ordination (Yadin Yadin) in 2014. He is a graduate of Columbia Law School, where he was a Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar. Prior to his association with the Beth Din of America, Rabbi Weissmann worked as an attorney at several prominent law firms, including … Continue reading Rabbi Shlomo WeissmannMenahel (Director)→